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After losing the welterweight title to Kamaru Usman earlier this year, Tyron Woodley is eager to get back into the cage. Unfortunately, many of his top-ranked welterweight rivals are currently booked.<\/p>\n

Of the options available for Woodley, many fans and pundits believe the most suitable choice is a fight with streaking contender Leon Edwards.<\/p>\n

Woodley respects Edwards as a fighter, and would be willing to fight him if nothing more favorable is available, but doesn’t feel many fans would be interested in the matchup. In fact, he says his son, who plays the UFC video game, didn’t even know who Edwards was.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe (expletive) up part is my son was like, \u2018Who is that?,\u2019\u201d Woodley said of Edwards during an appearance on Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Show<\/a> (via MMA Junkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy kids know everybody. They play the video game, so when you got to explain to somebody who the person is and how good they really are, I have to pump up to the fact, to the people, and to the peers on how dope Leon is, because he is dope,\u201d Woodley continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got super crazy strategic striking, super sharp, great cardio. He has good IQ, switched things around in the (Rafael dos Anjos fight), in the middle of the fight, so he\u2019s dope as (expletive) as a fighter, but I\u2019m going to have to sell the fact on how dope he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodley believes that if he were matched up with Edwards, the onus to promote the fight would fall completely on his own shoulders. That said, he’ll accept that responsibility for the right price.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, I\u2019m going to have to continue to promote myself. I ain\u2019t getting paid to promote him, so if it makes sense and the UFC makes it make sense with the dollar amount, and my coaches and my team think it\u2019s the best move, then I\u2019m going to go default to them,\u201d Woodley said.<\/p>\n

Does a fight between Tyron Woodley and Leon Edwards interest you?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 11\/13\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After losing the welterweight title to Kamaru Usman earlier this year, Tyron Woodley is eager to get back into the cage. Unfortunately, many of his top-ranked welterweight rivals are currently booked. Of the options available for Woodley, many fans and pundits believe the most suitable choice is a fight with streaking contender Leon Edwards. 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